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Rare 19th-Century Painting by Beloved Black Artist Found in a Thrift Store

A small painting bought for $10 at a thrift store in Glenside, a small suburban town outside of Philadelphia, has turned out to be a one-of-a-kind treasure representing the height of Black wealth in ...
Philadelphia Tribune

This painting found in a Glenside thrift store came out of Philly’s 19th-century Black cultural elite

A previously lost painting representing 19th-century Black wealth and high culture in Philadelphia is now on view at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania after being bought for $10 at a suburban ...
The New York Times

The 19th Century’s Most Scandalous Painting Comes to New York

“Olympia,” the brothel scene that birthed modern art, crosses the Atlantic for the first time in the Met exhibition “Manet/Degas.” By Jason Farago “A colossal ineptitude,” one enraged critic called it ...
Artnet News

Long-Overlooked Black Veteran Identified in Rare 19th-Century Portrait

The Black subject of a 19th-century portrait by Thomas Phillips has been identified, following analysis by the U.K.'s ...
WHYY

This painting found in a Glenside thrift store came out of Philly’s 19th-century Black cultural elite

A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864. This watercolor, purchased for $10 at a thrift shop in Glenside, Pa., may be the ...